Excellent in all respects, Seetharam. I think I remember this one. The blue around the bird's legs makes it look as if it needs some CCW rotation. I'm not sure if this is an optical illusion, though.
hi Seeth, Another spectacular image but to my eye, it is considerably over-saturated (on my recently calibrated monitor).
later and love and keep 'em coming, artie
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The details, composition and pose works very well. I think over saturaring the images makes it somewhat not "natural" but you captured at the right moment.
Beautiful capture and composition in all regards. The birds at San Joaquin just seem to hit the perfect poses for you. I'm jealous! I have to agree the saturation is a bit pumped in the strong Rufus area of the wing. You could use the PS sponge tool to just desaturate that area as the rest looks great to me.